>From the book, "On This Day", by James A. Crutchfield August 31, 1875 Jesse James, Jr. is born on Boscobel Street in Edgefield, Davidson County. His infamous father, Jesse James, is living there under the alias, J. D. Howard. The elder James presents himself to his unsuspecting neighbors as a grain dealer and a lover of fine horses. Sometimes he plays cards with the local police. Jesse's equally infamous brother, Frank, lives down the street under the alias, Ben J. Woodson.
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A few years ago I wrote an article - African-American Public Schools in Nashville and Davidson County - for Delores Black Kennedy for her publication Nashville Black Yellow Pages. Nashville Black Yellow Pages is a directory of Nashville area African-American owned businesses. Ms. Kennedy often includes articles of a historical nature in the yearly issue. I just found the article and Flat Rock School is listed. I believe my source would have been a 1920 report on Davidson County Schools. The report does not usually give the exact address of the school just a general location. I will check next week to see if I can find a location. Gene do you have a source for "northwest corner of Joyner Ave and Foster Avenue?" That is so exact that I would bet Gene is correct. I can't post the article because it appeared in a copyrighted publication but I will be happy to check the list for a specific school. Debie ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
Regarding the "Flatrock School" I was raised in the area of Woodbine locally referred to Flatrock on Thompson Lane just off Nolensville Road. I do not recall any school of that name in the years 1946 to 1956. I doubt if there was ever a school by that name since "Flatrock" was a colloquialism. I can only remember Turner Elementary, Woodbine Elementary, Whitsett Elementary and Central High. Others have been built since that time. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
No Anita, I'm sorry. Jack Spalding has been researching the history of the Flatrock and Woodbine areas for several years and he may know. If I see him I will ask. Gene's location sounds good, that is certainly right in the heart of Flatrock - Gene Phillips [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: "The location where Flatrock School is the northwest corner of Joyner Ave and Foster Avenue. That's in the Woodbine community in Nashville east of Woodlawn Cemetery and Hwy 31" >From: "Anita Barron" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Gower _Island_ (mailto:[email protected]) >Did you ever find an exact location for Flatrock School? >Anita ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
<From: Linda Hayes <[email protected]> <Subject: Re: [TNDAVIDS] Gower Island <To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) <Are there any links on the Metro Archives website to Gower Island? <Thanks, <Linda No information on the website on Gower Island that I know of. Gene gave a good description of where it is located. The name comes from the Gower family who were among the first settlers on the Cumberland. This utility can help you locate geographical features - _http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic_ (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic) Once you run the query and find what you are looking for you can view a map showing the location of the feature. I chose the google map but there are other map choices as well. _http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis538/getgooglemap?p_lat=36.2103337&p_longi=-86.976113&fi d=1306501_ (http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis538/getgooglemap?p_lat=36.2103337&p_longi=-86.976113&fid=1306501) I zoomed in on the map to the third level from the top and got a good view of the roads running near the river bank closest to where the island is. You can use the satilite or hybird feature to see an an aeirial view of the island. They must be recent images, everything looks brown. Grass and trees in Middle Tennessee are brown right now from the drought. Or you can skip all of this and just go to any map utility and query a map of Davidson County, TN. Find Ashland City Highway and follow the path of that road near the river and you will see the island. II'm not finding anything in my files of a property genealogy of the island but from helping with the research of Metro Archives patrons, I seem to remember that the island was owned first by James Russell, then by some of the Gower family. If Bill Meadows is on this list he can tell you who some of the later owners were, I think. I found the island on the nashville.gov site planning maps. The current owner is Wallace Investors, LLC and the property description is 36.95 acres - GOWER ISLAND S OF ASHLAND CITY HY W OF BACK CREEK RD Debie ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
The Woodbine community was once known as Flatrock. This is in South Nashville, grouped around the Nolensville Pike, an exension of 4th Avenue, South.
The location where Flatrock School is the northwest corner of Joyner Ave and Foster Avenue. That's in the Woodbine community in Nashville east of Woodlawn Cemetery and Hwy 31. There is also a Flatrock School in Wilson and 3 other counties. Gene At 08:59 AM 8/24/2007, Anita Barron wrote: >Did you ever find an exact location for Flatrock School? > >Anita > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of [email protected] >Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 7:23 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Gower Island > > >Go to Metro Archives in Nashville and you can look at a map of Davidson >County that shows Gower Island. >Staff can help you locate information on Gower Island as well. >_www.metroarchivesfriends.com_ (http://www.metroarchivesfriends.com) > >METRO ARCHIVES >3801 GREEN HILLS VILLAGE DR >NASHVILLE, TN 37215 >Phone: 615-862-5880 >Hours of operation: >9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. >Metro Archives is closed on Saturday and Sunday. > >[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) >writes: > >Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Gower Island >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >I have seen a reference to "Gover Island, Davidson County, Tennessee." I >live in Nashville and no one seems to know anything about this location. > > > > > > >************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL >at >http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
More precisely, it just on the Davidson side of the county line with Cheatham County closer to the north bank of the Cumberland River. Gene At 01:08 PM 8/23/2007, [email protected] wrote: >It's off of the Cumberland River near north Nashville. > > > >************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at >http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hi Debbie, Are there any links on the Metro Archives website to Gower Island? Thanks, Linda At 07:22 AM 8/24/2007, you wrote: > >Go to Metro Archives in Nashville and you can look at a map of Davidson >County that shows Gower Island. >Staff can help you locate information on Gower Island as well. >_www.metroarchivesfriends.com_ (http://www.metroarchivesfriends.com) > >METRO ARCHIVES >3801 GREEN HILLS VILLAGE DR >NASHVILLE, TN 37215 >Phone: 615-862-5880 >Hours of operation: >9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. >Metro Archives is closed on Saturday and Sunday. > >[email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) >writes: > >Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Gower Island >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >I have seen a reference to "Gover Island, Davidson County, Tennessee." I >live in Nashville and no one seems to know anything about this location. > > > > > > >************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at >http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Did you ever find an exact location for Flatrock School? Anita -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 7:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Gower Island Go to Metro Archives in Nashville and you can look at a map of Davidson County that shows Gower Island. Staff can help you locate information on Gower Island as well. _www.metroarchivesfriends.com_ (http://www.metroarchivesfriends.com) METRO ARCHIVES 3801 GREEN HILLS VILLAGE DR NASHVILLE, TN 37215 Phone: 615-862-5880 Hours of operation: 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Metro Archives is closed on Saturday and Sunday. [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Gower Island To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have seen a reference to "Gover Island, Davidson County, Tennessee." I live in Nashville and no one seems to know anything about this location. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Go to Metro Archives in Nashville and you can look at a map of Davidson County that shows Gower Island. Staff can help you locate information on Gower Island as well. _www.metroarchivesfriends.com_ (http://www.metroarchivesfriends.com) METRO ARCHIVES 3801 GREEN HILLS VILLAGE DR NASHVILLE, TN 37215 Phone: 615-862-5880 Hours of operation: 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Metro Archives is closed on Saturday and Sunday. [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) writes: Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Gower Island To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have seen a reference to "Gover Island, Davidson County, Tennessee." I live in Nashville and no one seems to know anything about this location. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
It's off of the Cumberland River near north Nashville. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
I have seen a reference to "Gover Island, Davidson County, Tennessee." I live in Nashville and no one seems to know anything about this location. Gordon Lane
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The D. Reed (David and Harriet Wallace Read) family, part of which is listed in P.O. Goodlettsville, District 24, Davidson Co. TN, is surrounded by Fergusons. I have all the marriages in my Read family and to my knowledge we have no ties to the Ferguson family. When younger, David b. 1799 NC d. 1872 TN once operated a carriage/blacksmith shop with his younger brother Guilford Read b. 1803 NC d.1883 TN and wife Elizabeth Wallace Read who moved to Gallatin, Sumner Co. TN in 1853. James Read brought these two sons to Nashville in 1805 and they married Wallace sisters whose family arrived in Nashville in abt. 1808. James Read then moved to Robertson County and died there in 1826. my tngenes <[email protected]> wrote: I am looking to find out the identity of an "S" Ferguson (female, b TN 1810) listed on the 1860 census for Davidson Co, District 24. Living in this same h/h in 1860 is a Jane Ferguson, age 32 b TN--I am also looking to find out who she is John (age 23). James (age 21) and William (age 18) are in this h/h--they are believed to be the youngest sons of Toliver & Catherine Winters Ferguson (deceased). I am hoping to "tie" this "S" Ferguson to the family of Toliver & Catherine Winters Ferguson. Neighbors of this family are: K Reasoner, S Adcock (f), J McCoy, G. McNeel, M Gray, D Reed, and R Archart. Thanks for any help you can give me! Sherri _________________________________________________________________ Messenger Café open for fun 24/7. Hot games, cool activities served daily. Visit now. http://cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_AugHMtagline ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more.
I am looking to find out the identity of an "S" Ferguson (female, b TN 1810) listed on the 1860 census for Davidson Co, District 24. Living in this same h/h in 1860 is a Jane Ferguson, age 32 b TN--I am also looking to find out who she is John (age 23). James (age 21) and William (age 18) are in this h/h--they are believed to be the youngest sons of Toliver & Catherine Winters Ferguson (deceased). I am hoping to "tie" this "S" Ferguson to the family of Toliver & Catherine Winters Ferguson. Neighbors of this family are: K Reasoner, S Adcock (f), J McCoy, G. McNeel, M Gray, D Reed, and R Archart. Thanks for any help you can give me! Sherri _________________________________________________________________ Messenger Café open for fun 24/7. Hot games, cool activities served daily. Visit now. http://cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_AugHMtagline
Source: "The Stewart-Houston Times" Newspaper, a weekly newspaper of Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee Date of Newspaper: Wednesday, March 17, 1971 Page: A-2 Name: Bernice (Barrow) Kahl Age: 78 Born: November 11, 1892 in Davidson County, TN. Died: March 5, 1971 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Davidson County, TN. Funeral: March 7, 1971 with Milligan Funeral Home in Stewart County, TN. Burial: Wofford Cemetery in Stewart County, TN. Parents: William Barrow and Mary Hobbs Deceased Spouse: Emery Kahl Surviving Children: None Listed Surviving Siblings: Russell Barrow, Herman Barrow, Mrs. Eliza Blunkall, Mrs. Florida McCaslin If anyone is interested in a copy of the full and original obituary, I would be glad to share. Contact me at [email protected] In Christ, Melissa Barker Genealogist for Tennessee and Kentucky